Clothes drying rack bracket



I Feb. 18, 1958 w. A. LAGERSTROM CLOTHES DRYING RACK BRACKET Filed Jan.8, 1954 JEL E'UZUJF WILLIAM A. LAGEBYSTBOM United States Patent CLOTHESDRYING RACK BRACKET William A. Lagerstrom, Chicago, Ill.

Applicationlauuary 8, 1954, Serial No. 402,990

1 Claim. ((31. 248-207) The invention relates to improvements in dryingracks and is'particularly concerned with the novel rugged con.-struction of a collapsible rack that can be mounted readilyupon asuitable support.

The rack of the. present invention is of a type that can be easily andquickly. attached to a radiator, table, Window' sill' or other support.It is constructedso that when demounted and collapsed, it will occupyvery little space.

and, consequently, can be stored readily. When mounted, the rack may beraised or lowered and a plurality of novelly mounted rack arms may bepositioned securely to extend radially from its upper extremity.

It is an object of the invention to provide a novelly constructed easilymounteddrying rack.

Another object is to provide a drying rack of the character described.with novel structural feature enabling it to be collapsedor extendedreadily.

Another object is to provide an extensible drying rack with a novelmounting bracket.

Another object is to provide a drying rack with a novel easily joinedstandard.

With the foregoing. and. other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel featuresof construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size and minor details of the structuremay be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of our invention, Ihave illustrated in the accompanying drawings a preferred embodimentthereof, from an inspection of which, when considered in connection withthe following description, our invention, its mode of construction,assembly and operation, and many of its advantages should be readilyunderstood and appreciated.

Referring to the drawings in which the same characters of reference areemployed to indicate corresponding or similar parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the rack extended and showing it mountedon a horizontal support.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged top plan view of the rack showing the rack armsextended and partially broken away.

Fig. 3 is a view of a portion of the rack, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2showing parts of the standard in section.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the rack showing the rack arms in collapsedposition.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail side elevational view, partly in section,of the mounting bracket shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a front elevational view of the bracket shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the rack mounted on a steam or hot waterradiator.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line ti of Fig. 7.

2,823,884 Patented Feb. 18, 1958 Referring to the accompanying drawings,the drying rack embodying the features of the present invention is of akind which may be mounted upon various types of supports. In the Fig. 1illustratiomit is shown mounted upon a horizontal support 11, which mayconstitute a table top, window sill, or the like. In the Fig. 7disclosure, the drying rack is shown mounted upon a steam or hot waterradiator. in which the drying rack may be mounted and it is tobeunderstood that the present disclosure of several mountings is exemplaryonly.

Referring particularly to the construction of the drying rack, itincludes a mounting bracket generally indicated at 12, a two-piecestandard 13-14 and a plurality of rack arms 15. The bracket 12preferably isformed by casting and, as best shown in. Fig. 5, itconsists offa solid body portion 16 havingv opposed. lips 17-18p'rojecting from one face thereof. to constitute a jaw for receivingthe horizontal support 11. The lip 18 is tappedto receive a clampingscrew 19 which may be adjusted manually to firmly clamp the support 11between said screw and the lip 17. The body 16 is provided also with apair of depending flanges 21 spaced apart to provide a flared supportreceiving jaw 22 to thereby adapt the bracket to be mounted upon: avertical or slightly inclined support such as, for example, the back ofa chair. In

order not to mar a chair back, a cushion is provided in the jaw 22 (Fig.5). As shown, the cushion may consist of a: flap 2% on a rubber plug 29mounted in the body 16 and said flap may be held in a desired positionby adjustment of. a screw 30. One of the flanges 21 has a tapped openingto receive a clamping screw 23.

A relatively deep tapered well' 24 is provided in the top face of thebracket 16. This well constitutes a socket into which the lower end ofthe standard part 13 is thrust. It should be observed that the extremeend portion of the standard part 13 is tapered. to conform substantiallyto the shape of. the socket 14so thatwhen the standard part 13 is thrustinto the socket, it'isheldirigidly therein. The upper end of thestandard part 13 is flared outwardly as at 25 to receive the contractedend portion 26 of the other standard part 14 when said ends aretelescoped one into the other. It should be quite evident at this timethat the standard may be easily and quickly mounted in the bracket 16and that it may consist of both of the parts 13 and 14 but, if desired,the part 13 may be omitted, in which instance, the lower tapered end 26of the standard part 14 is thrust. into the well 24.

A cap 27 is firmly mounted, as by a weld 28, on the upper end of thestandard part 14. This cap may be fashioned in any approved manner andit is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial slotsor recesses 29 in its top wall 31. Upon referring to Fig. 3, it will beobserved that the radial slots 29 extend to the perimeter of the cap 27and that they are of sufficient length to extend inwardly beyond theinside face 32 of the cap 27. These radial slots constitute openings forthe passage of the rack arms 15. As shown, one rack arm 15 is mounted ineach radial slot 29 and, when a rack arm is in the position of useillustrated in Fig. 3, it rests upon and is supported by the bottom ofits related slot 29. When not in use, the rack arm may be lifted at itsouter end into a substantially vertical position and then lowered intothe interior of the upper standard part 14. Such position of the rackarms is shown in Fig. 4, and in broken lines in Fig. 3.

Each of the rack arms 15 is provided with means on each end to preventits being removed from the slot in which it is mounted. As shown, theinner end of the rack arm 15 is suitably tapped to receive a headedscrew 33 having a diameter of suificient size to prevent its be ingwithdrawn through the slot 29. The headed screw 33,

There obviously are other ways" therefore, provides a stop to limitoutward movement of the rack arm. The outer extremity of the rack arm 15is likewise tapped to receive a headed screw 34, which screw'has' adiameter sufiiciently large to prevent the arm from dropping down intothe interior of the standard part 14. The construction and manner ofmounting the rack arms is such that said arms may be easily and quicklywithdrawn from a collapsed position into a position of use and, when sopositioned, they are rigidly supported by the underlying surface of theslot 29 in which they are mounted. Each rack arm may be provided withlongitudinallyv spaced circumferential grooves 35, or notches, toreceive garment hangers in spaced relationship thereon. These groovesare particularly advantageous when the drying rack is used for freshlylaundered garments, or for garments which must be shaped while drying.

Referring to the disclosure in Figs. 7 and 8, the drying rack isv shownmounted upon a radiator 36. In order to accomplish this easily andquickly, the bracket 12 has associated with it a clamp plate 37. Asshown, the clamp plate 37 is arranged against an inside surface of theradiator 36 and is provided with a tapped opening to receive atightening bolt 38. The bolt 38 is adapted to be engaged easily andquickly with the bracket 12 so as to make mounting and dismounting ofthe drying rack very convenient. Referring for the moment to Figs. 5 and6, it will be observed that the body 16 of the bracket 12 has a lateralslot or groove 39, in one side face thereof. This groove is adapted toreceive the tightening bolt 38 when the bracket is mounted asillustrated in Figs. 7

and 8. One method for mounting the bracket 12 on the radiator 36.r'nayconsist of inserting the clamp plate 37 between adjacent coils of theradiator 36 While the clamp plate is in a substantially verticalposition. As soon as it has been inserted a distance sufiicient to clearthe coils between which it has been thrust, it is turned into asubstantially horizontal position and, while the bolt 38 is held, thebracket 12 is placed against the outwardly disposed face of the radiatorin position to permit the bolt to be engaged in the lateral slot 39.When this has been accomplished, the bolt may be tightened to draw thebracket and clamp plate firmly against theopposite faces of the radiatorcoils.

It is believed that my invention, its mode of construction and assembly,and many of its advantages should be readily understood from theforegoing Without further description, and it should also be manifestthat While a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown anddescribed for illustrative purposes, the structural details arenevertheless capable of wide variation within the'purview of myinvention as defined in the appended claim.

What I claim and desire tosccure by Letters Patent of the United Statesis:

An article of the character described comprising an elongated bodyhaving a socket in one end and spaced parallel flanges integral with andextending outwardly longitudinally from the other body end defining adownwardly opening U-shaped support receiving jaw having its bightportion defined by said other body end, one of said flanges having aportion extending outwardly perpendicular thereto, and a lip on one sideface of said body adjacent to the end having the socket to define withsaid perpendicularly extending portion a second U-shaped. supportreceiving jaw having its bight portion defined by said body side face.

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